Cooperative Demodulation for Multiple Access Relay Systems with Network Coding

Institute of Electronics, Information and Communic 2013 IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS - Vol.eb96 No.10

태아수종으로 발현된 당원병 1례

허림 ( Rimm Huh ),안소윤 ( So Yoon Ahn ),성세인 ( Se In Sung ),유혜수 ( Hye Su Yoo ),서연림 ( Yeon Lim Seo ),이지훈 ( Jee Hun Lee ),장윤실 ( Yun Sil Chang ),박원순 ( Won Soon Park ) 대한주산의학회 2013 Perinatology Vol.24 No.3

Glycogen storage disease (GSD) is a group of heterogeneous disorders of glycogen metabolism that results in abnormal storage of glycogen in multiple organs. Clinical manifestations of GSD vary according to the basic enzyme defect. Only types II, IV, V or VII of GSD have been known to manifest in the infantile period. Of the 11 types of GSD, the congenital subtype of GSD type IV is characterized by severe neonatal hypotonia, multiple contractures, polyhydramnios, and fetal hydrops. We report a case of a patient born at a gestational age of 34 weeks and 3 days with fetal hydrops, joint contractures, and akinesia. Muscle biopsy results were highly indicative of GSD. This is the first case of suspected GSD in Korea presenting as fetal hydrops. The possibility of other disorders associated with glycogen metabolism should be considered in fatal fetal hydrops patients with severe hypotonia and arthrogryposis, and aggressive investigations such as muscle biopsy should be performed for early diagnosis.

Inborn Errors of Metabolism with Bony Manifestation

Huh, Rimm,Cho, Sung Yoon,Jin, Dong-Kyu The Korea Society of Inherited Metabolic Disease 2014 대한유전성대사질환학회지 Vol.14 No.1

Demographic and lifestyle factors and selenium levels in men and women in the U.S.

Park, Kyong,Rimm, Eric,Siscovick, David,Spiegelman, Donna,Morris, J. Steven,Mozaffarian, Dariush The Korean Nutrition Society 2011 Nutrition Research and Practice Vol. No.

Selenium is an antioxidant trace element linked to cardiovascular disease and cancer. Although diet is a major source, relatively little else is known about independent determinants of selenium levels in free-living humans. In this study, we aimed to investigate the independent demographic. lifestyle, and dietary determinants of selenium levels in 1,997 men and 1,905 women in two large prospective U.S. cohorts. Toenail selenium levels were quantified using neutron activation analysis. Diet, geographic residence, demographic, and environmental factors were assessed by validated self-administered questionnaires. Multivariate generalized linear models were conducted to assess the independent relations of these factors with toenail selenium levels, correcting for measurement error in the diet. In multi variable-adjusted analyses, independent predictors of higher selenium were male gender (6.3% higher levels); living in West and Northern-Midwest U.S. regions (8.9% and 7.4% higher than Southern-Midwest regions, respectively); consumption of beef and bread products (between 0.7 - 2.5% higher per daily serving); and selenium supplement use (6.9% higher than non-users); whereas cigarette smoking (5-10% lower than never smokers), older age (0.6% lower per 5 years), and consumption of eggs, white rice, dairy products, coffee, and alcohol (between 0.1 to 2.0% lower per daily serving) were associated with lower selenium. Multiple dietary and non-dietary factors independently predicted selenium levels, suggesting that both consumption and non-dietary processes (e.g.. related to oxidant status) may affect levels. Significant geographic variation in selenium levels exists in the US.

Demographic and lifestyle factors and selenium levels in men and women in the U.S.

Kyong Park,Eric Rimm,David Siscovick,Donna Spiegelman,J. Steven Morris,Dariush Mozaffarian 한국영양학회 2011 Nutrition Research and Practice Vol.5 No.4

Selenium is an antioxidant trace element linked to cardiovascular disease and cancer. Although diet is a major source, relatively little else is known about independent determinants of selenium levels in free-living humans. In this study, we aimed to investigate the independent demographic, lifestyle, and dietary determinants of selenium levels in 1,997 men and 1,905 women in two large prospective U.S. cohorts. Toenail selenium levels were quantified using neutron activation analysis. Diet, geographic residence, demographic, and environmental factors were assessed by validated self-administered questionnaires. Multivariate generalized linear models were conducted to assess the independent relations of these factors with toenail selenium levels, correcting for measurement error in the diet. In multivariable-adjusted analyses, independent predictors of higher selenium were male gender (6.3% higher levels); living in West and Northern-Midwest U.S. regions (8.9% and 7.4% higher than Southern-Midwest regions, respectively); consumption of beef and bread products (between 0.7 - 2.5% higher per daily serving); and selenium supplement use (6.9% higher than non-users); whereas cigarette smoking (5-10% lower than never smokers) , older age (0.6% lower per 5 years), and consumption of eggs, white rice, dairy products, coffee, and alcohol (between 0.1 to 2.0% lower per daily serving) were associated with lower selenium. Multiple dietary and non-dietary factors independently predicted selenium levels, suggesting that both consumption and non-dietary processes (e.g., related to oxidant status) may affect levels. Significant geographic variation in selenium levels exists in the US.

Elevation of serum creatine kinase during methimazole treatment of Graves disease in a 13-year-old girl and a literature review of similar cases

Hyeseon Kim,Jinsup Kim,Rimm Huh,Sung Yoon Cho,진동규 대한소아내분비학회 2015 Annals of Pediatirc Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol.20 No.2

We report a 13-year-old girl with Graves disease, who showed an increased level of serum creatine kinase (CK) accompanied by myalgia after methimazole (MMI) treatment. This patient developed muscular pain two weeks after MMI administration, along with increased CK levels. The level of thyroid hormone was within the normal range when she showed increased CK levels. After the MMI dose was decreased and levo-thyroxine was added, serum CK levels decreased to normal and the myalgia improved. The pathophysiologic mechanism of this effect has not yet been elucidated. An acute relatively hypothyroid state occurs secondary to antithyroid drug (ATD) administration in chronic hyperthyroidism, which may cause changes in the CK levels. In this report, we present a rare pediatric case, along with a literature review of similar cases. In the initial state of MMI treatment, myalgia should be detected and when it occurs, CK levels should be measured. The clinical strategy of monitoring CK levels with the aim of normalizing thyroid hormones is helpful in case of the development of adverse reactions, such as myalgia, during ATD treatment for Graves disease in children.

ASS 1 유전자 돌연변이로 확진된 시트룰린혈증 1형 1례

임대균,허림,권영희,이지은,조성윤,박형두,진동규,Yim, Dae kyoon,Huh, Rimm,Kwun, Younghee,Lee, Jieun,Cho, Sung Yoon,Park, Hyung Doo,Jin, Dong-Kyu 대한유전성대사질환학회 2015 대한유전성대사질환학회지 Vol.15 No.1

시트룰린혈증은 유전적인 요인에 의하여 혈중에 암모니아를 비롯한 독성 물질이 축적되어 치명적인 임상 경과를 나타낼 수 있는 질환이다. 이 질환은 2가지 형태로 구분할 수 있으며, 유형별로 각기 다른 원인과 임상 양상을 보이는 것으로 알려져 있다. 시트룰린혈증 1형은 상염색체 열성유전 질환으로 암모니아를 간에서 요소로 합성하는 과정에 아르기니노숙신 생성효소(argininosuccinate synthethase)가 결핍되어 혈중 암모니아 농도와 혈중 시트룰린 농도의 증가와 혈중 아르기닌의 저하를 초래하게 되는 질환이다. 시트룰린혈증의 유병률은 50,000-60,000명당 1명 정도이다. 시트룰린 혈증은 임상 양상과 분자유전학적 특징에 따라 2가지 유형으로 구분할 수 있는데, 1형은 급성으로 신생아기에 발병하는 가장 흔한 형태이다. 환자는 출생시에는 특별한 증상을 보이지 않다가, 생후 3-4일을 지나면서 구토, 기면, 발작을 나타내게 되며 심하면 혼수 및 사망까지 이를 수 있다. 한편, 발병이 늦은 경우는 보다 드문 형태로 임상적으로 비교적 경한 증상을 나타낸다. 시트룰린혈증 1형은 9q34.1 염색체에 위치한 ASS1 유전자의 돌연변이에 의하여 아르기니노숙신 생성효소가 결핍되어 나타나며, 이 효소는 요소 회로에서 시트룰린과 아스파르트산이 아르기니노숙신으로 전환되는 과정을 담당한다. 따라서 ASS1 유전자의 돌연변이를 규명하는 것은 이 질병을 진단하는 데 분자유전학적으로 가장 확실한 방법이다. 저자들은 의심 증상을 가진 환자에게 조기에 시트룰린혈증 1형을 유전자 분석을 통하여 진단하였으며, 지속적 신대체 요법을 포함한 효과적인 급성기 치료 과정을 거쳐 현재 장기적인 식이 및 약물 치료를 성공적으로 진행 중에 있어, 이를 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다. Citrullinemia type1 is an autosomal recessive disorder of the urea cycle characterized by neonatal or late onset of hyperammonemia caused by a deficiency of the enzyme argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS). An ASS1 deficiency demonstrates fatal clinical manifestations that are characterized by the neonatal metabolic coma and early death when untreated. It causes a broad spectrum of effects, ranging from a mild disorder to a severe mental retardation, epilepsy, neurologic deficits. An acute neonatal form is the most common. Infants are normal at birth followed by an acute illness characterized by vomiting, lethargy, seizures and coma. These medical problems are life-threatening in many cases. A later onset form is less frequent and may be milder than the neonatal form. This later-onset form is associated with severe headaches, visual dysfunction, motor dysfunction, and lack of energy. Citrullinemia type1 is caused by mutations in the ASS1 gene located on chromosome 9q34.1 that encodes argininosuccinate synthetase, the third enzyme of the urea cycle catalyzing the formation of argininosuccinic acid from citrulline and aspartic acid. The enzyme is distributed in tissues including liver and fibroblasts. This mutation leads to hyperammonemia, arginine deficiency and elevated citrulline level. In the urea cycle, argininosuccinate synthetase catalyses the conversion of citrulline and aspartate to argininosuccinate.. Here, we describe a female newborn patient with lethargy, rigidity and hyperammonemia who was diagnosed as citrullinemia type1 with a c.[421-2A>G], c.[1128-6_1188dup] mutation.

사립체 근병증 환자에서 발생한 자가항체 양성의 당뇨병성 케톤산증 1례

남순영,허림,권영희,이지은,조성윤,진동규,Nam, Soon Young,Huh, Rimm,Kwun, Younghee,Lee, Jieun,Cho, Sung Yoon,Jin, Dong-Kyu 대한유전성대사질환학회 2014 대한유전성대사질환학회지 Vol.14 No.2

사립체 근병증은 사립체 호흡 사슬의 장애로 인한 것으로 내분비계 관련 증상이 흔히 동반되고 그 중 당뇨병이 상대적으로 높은 빈도를 보인다고 알려져 있다. 사립체 근병증에서의 당뇨병은 사립체 기능 장애로 인한 인슐린 분비의 결함으로 발생하고, 대개 인슐린 의존성이나 당뇨병성 케톤산증으로 발현하거나 자가 항체가 검출되는 경우는 드물다. 저자들은 사립체 근병증 환자에서 당뇨병성 케톤산증으로 발현하고 Anti-GAD antibody와 Anti-insulin auto-antibody가 모두 양성으로 확인된 인슐린 의존성 당뇨병을 진단하였기에 이를 기존의 문헌과 비교하여 보고하는 바이다. Mitochondrial myopathy results from a primary dysfunction of the respiratory chain and is frequently accompanied with endocrine manifestations. Among the endocrine manifestations of mitochondrial disease, diabetes mellitus is relatively common. Diabetes mellitus in the mitochondrial myopathy is usually insulin dependent due to the defect in insulin secretion resulted from mitochondrial dysfunction. But it is seldom manifested as diabetes ketoacidosis and doesn't usually have an auto-antibody. We report a patient with mitochondrial myopathy who was diagnosed as having diabetes mellitus by presenting as diabetes ketoacidosis and had both of the auto-glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) antibody and anti-insulin auto-antibody.

Prevalence of idiopathic scoliosis in girls with central precocious puberty: effect of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist

Chung Lindsey Yoojin,Nam Hyo-Kyoung,Rhie Young-Jun,Huh Rimm,Kee-Hyoung Lee 대한소아내분비학회 2020 Annals of Pediatirc Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol.25 No.2

Purpose: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common form of scoliosis and occurs in children between 10 to 18 years old, during periods of growth spurts and puberty changes. In patients with central precocious puberty (CPP), due to early growth spurt, AIS is expected to develop before 10 years of age. Both AIS and CPP are more common in girls than in boys. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of AIS in girls with CPP and to evaluate the effect of treatment with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists on progression of scoliosis in these patients. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 553 girls, 338 with CPP and 215 without CPP. Scoliosis angle was measured on the standing frontal radiograph of each patient according to the Cobb method. Patients with a Cobb angle of 10° or more were diagnosed with scoliosis. For girls with CPP, follow-up spine radiographs were collected 1 year after treatment with GnRH agonists. Progression of scoliosis before and after treatment was compared in terms of Cobb angle changes. Results: AIS was more prevalent in girls that were affected by CPP compared to controls without CPP (11.5% vs. 6.0%, CPP girls vs. non-CPP girls, respectively, P=0.031). The peak serum luteinizing hormone level positively correlated with Cobb angle (R2=0.015, P=0.023) in the CPP group. No progression of scoliosis was observed in CPP girls after one year of GnRH agonist treatment. Additionally, the prevalence of scoliosis decreased in CPP girls after 1 year of the treatment. Conclusion: We report that the prevalence of AIS is higher in girls with CPP than in non-CPP patients. A regular follow-up schedule for spine radiographs should be considered to reduce the risk of progression. Furthermore, GnRH agonist treatment for CPP may have a suppressive effect on progression of AIS.

PKCε Promotes Oncogenic Functions of ATF2 in the Nucleus while Blocking Its Apoptotic Function at Mitochondria

Lau, E.,Kluger, H.,Varsano, T.,Lee, K.,Scheffler, I.,Rimm, David L.,Ideker, T.,Ronai, Ze'ev A. Cell Press ; MIT Press 2012 Cell Vol.148 No.3

The transcription factor ATF2 elicits oncogenic activities in melanoma and tumor suppressor activities in nonmalignant skin cancer. Here, we identify that ATF2 tumor suppressor function is determined by its ability to localize at the mitochondria, where it alters membrane permeability following genotoxic stress. The ability of ATF2 to reach the mitochondria is determined by PKCε, which directs ATF2 nuclear localization. Genotoxic stress attenuates PKCε effect on ATF2; enables ATF2 nuclear export and localization at the mitochondria, where it perturbs the HK1-VDAC1 complex; increases mitochondrial permeability; and promotes apoptosis. Significantly, high levels of PKCε, as seen in melanoma cells, block ATF2 nuclear export and function at the mitochondria, thereby attenuating apoptosis following exposure to genotoxic stress. In melanoma tumor samples, high PKCε levels associate with poor prognosis. Overall, our findings provide the framework for understanding how subcellular localization enables ATF2 oncogenic or tumor suppressor functions.